They met in the United States, Barack Obama has plans to expand health insurance to a conflict with Republican lawmakers.
The Republicans tried to put the proposal on the grounds that a bill that the Senate will have about $ 2.4 million government sponsored health insurance coverage of private C slowly.

In general, the Senate legislation, spending 31.5 billion U.S. dollars will increase over the next 4; times. The expansion should be done to increase the federal tax and snuff.

But Sen. Jon Kyl said that the plan has not done enough to reduce the health program of the state security of children in families with low incomes.

SCHIP was created in 1997 and is a federal-state partnership to offer families who qualify for Medicaid too, but the struggle for private health insurance.

States have broad flexibility to determine the desired candidate, and Republicans say that states like New York and New Jersey is extending the program for families with income that exceeds the need for state support.

While Republicans believe the strength is their weakness is their number, and throw the blocks that have the legal insufficiency as Democrats increased their majorities in Congress.

Therefore, work in the Senate and its members can make a difference in legislation, Barack Obama, before signing the bill.

Parliament passed a similar law for almost two weeks after the 289-129 vote. Forty Democrats voted against the measure.

What Barack Obama's new supporters in the U.S.. Filed in 2007, former President George Bush vetoed two bills to expand the Democratic leadership of health insurance for children. Obama said he expects the Senate to act urgently to make the new law to allow new and expanded.

Sen. Max Baucus schip also supports the conclusion that the number of uninsured children would be approximately one third of the program and said the new law will be families with higher incomes mean getting less money from the federal budget has been reduced as usually receives about SCHIP.

To pay for its expansion plans, the legislature has proposed increasing the federal tax on a pack of cigarettes to $ 1 is an increase of 61 cents. Baucus said that this is a plus: raising taxes will snuff discourage smoking, especially among young people. And that's good for children.